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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SESSION 2020-21
CLASS-IX
ECONOMICS- Ch-2- PEOPLE AS RESOURCE
HOME ASSIGNMENT
SUB-TOPIC- 5
Quality of Population PART-2

OBJECTIVE ASSIGNMENT

1 Which of the following is a significant step towards providing 1
elementary education to all the children in the age group of 6-14
years?
(a) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
(b) Adult Education Programme
(c) mid-day meal scheme
(d) Bridge courses
2 In the question given below, there are two statements marked as 1
Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the
correct option:
Assertion (A) : Educated parents are found to invest more heavily on
the education of their child.
Reason (R) : They want their child to be unemployed in future.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct, but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong, but R is correct.
3 The literacy rate among men is ____ as compared to that of women 1
in India.
(a)Equal
(b)Lower
(c) Higher
(d) Decreasing
4 The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart 1
education to talented children from rural areas is
(a) Kendriya Vidyalayas
(b) Navodaya Vidyalayas
(c) Sarvodaya Vidyalayas
(d) Prathamika Vidyalayas
5 The 12th Plan endeavoured to increase enrolment in higher 1
education to _____ by 2020-21.
(a)20%
(b)30%
(c) 10%
(d) 40%